Education & Training at APNA 40th Annual Conference

4 sessions on education & training · October 28–31, 2026, Phoenix, AZ. Compare education & training at other meetings →

Wednesday, October 28

Workshop · Violence Prevention
Beyond the Code: Transforming Nursing Confidence in Behavioral Health Emergency Management
Alirio Olmedo · Sonny Okundolor · Maria Capiral
Deep dive on de-escalation training and behavioral emergency response team competencies to build nurse confidence in crisis situations and improve workplace safety.
Emergency & Acute Psychiatry
Workshop · Artificial Intelligence
Teaching with AI: Opportunities, Vulnerabilities, and Environmental Realities
Jacque Williams
Examines how generative AI can streamline nursing education while weighing ethical, equity, and environmental trade-offs.
Digital Psychiatry & AI
Workshop · Violence Prevention
Getting Ready to Pop the Question: Improving Student Confidence in Assessing Suicidality & Violence
JoEllen Schimmels · Aparna Kumar · Kristen Holder · Kayla M. A. Mays
Teaching strategies that build nursing student confidence in suicide and violence risk assessment while protecting psychological safety.
Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis · Suicide & Self-Harm
Workshop · Research
Beyond Words: Creative and Arts-Based Research Approaches for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Brianna Jackson
Hands-on introduction to arts-based research methods with practice facilitating and planning implementation.